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PBS, social test of HIV in India results
2004-12-01 16:51:44
" In Bombay alone, 90 new cases of HIV infection are reported every
hour, and the victims are getting younger: two decades ago, most women in India's brothels were in their twenties or thirties. Today, the average age is 14. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Tim" Left: An aerial view of the rooftops and streets of Kamthipura, Bombay, India Middle: Girls and women stand on the curb of a litter-strewn street in Kamthipura Right: A small child stands in "the cages" behind a heavy iron gate in an alley in Kamthipura. According to the United Nations, thousands of women and children throughout the world disappear each day to be sold into sexual slavery. Many of these are Nepalese girls who are abducted, often by someone they trust, and sold into sexual servitude in Kamthipura, a nightmarish red-light district in Bombay, India. Known as "the cages," Kamthipura holds more than 200,000 young women and children in captivity, and for the majority of those who are brought here, it is also a death sentence. A headshot of Gina smiling at the camera, wearing braids and a white beaded necklace. The first night they forced me to have sex. When I refused, they held me down, beat me and raped me. I was seven years old. --Gina, trafficking survivor and AIDS victim In Bombay alone, 90 new cases of HIV infection are reported every hour, and the victims are getting younger: two decades ago, most women in India's brothels were in their twenties or thirties. Today, the average age is 14. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins, THE DAY MY GOD DIED puts a human face on these abstract numbers as it recounts the stories of several Nepalese girls who were forced into the international child sex trade. THE DAY MY GOD DIED lifts the veil of secrecy on child sex trafficking using footage from the brothels captured with spy camera technology. The film tells the stories of Gina, sold into sexual slavery at age seven, raped by 14 men and beaten with sticks and aluminum rods; Anita, lured by a friend, then drugged and sold to a brothel at age 12, where she was beaten and threatened with being buried alive; Maili, trafficked at age 19 along with her infant daughter who was seized and used as "insurance" to keep Maili from fleeing; and Jyoti, sold at age 12, raped, choked and forced to drink alcohol to break down her resistance. The child sex trade is a highly organized syndicate that rivals the drug trade in profitability. The industry has formed a pipeline, which starts in the villages of Nepal and feeds a continuous supply of girls to the urban brothels. Recruiters capture them, smugglers transport them, brothel owners enslave them, corrupt police betray them and men rape and infect them. Every person in the chain profits except for the girls, who pay the price with their lives: 80 percent become infected with HIV. ...the girls are powerless to insist that men wear condoms, they suffer an 80 percent HIV/AIDS rate Gary Haugen of the International Justice Mission stands with two young girls at the entrance to a blue building. Gary Haugen of the International Justice Mission and Jyoti, a trafficking survivor, on a brothel rescue A group of rescued girls sit and talk in a circle at a shelter. Anuradha Koirala with the children at Maiti Nepal in Kathmandu Harleen Walia smiles and stands arm in arm with three girls at a rescue and rehabilitation center, one of them playfully holds her chin. Harleen Walia (center) at the Sanlaap shelter in Calcutta But as THE DAY MY GOD DIED also shows, there is a growing movement from both within and outside of the brothels to put an end to this insidious crime. The film introduces some of the heroes of the movement to abolish child sex slavery, including Gary Haugen of the International Justice Mission, Harleen Walia of Sanlaap and Anuradha Koirala, the founder of Maiti Nepal. Each of these crusaders has risked his or her life to save girls and dismantle the web that enslaves them. The film documents one alliance with local officials, showing footage of a raid that exposed a system of secret passageways used to hide the girls. Seven girls were liberated in this raid, and the two brothel owners that are now in jail awaiting trial may be among the first abusers in Bombay to be sentenced for this crime. Some of the rescued girls are lucky enough to find shelter at Maiti Nepal, a healing center where they learn skills and participate in arts programs that rebuild their spirits. A hospice has been established where AIDS-infected girls can die with dignity. These non-profit centers are under-funded and dwarfed by the size of the child sex trafficking trade. But this small group of heroes continues to fight for one life at a time. Some of the most courageous advocates are former sex slaves who risk their lives to save other girls. These victims have emerged to form their own underground railway to move sex slaves to freedom. This heart-wrenching documentary provides a glimpse into the corruption and evil behind the curtain of the global sex industry, a world seldom seen by outsiders. But it is also a reminder that of the over one million women and girls who are sold, transported and forced into sexual slavery each year, 50,000 are in the United States. THE DAY MY GOD DIED exposes crimes that not only occur far away, but also far closer to home than we may have imagined.
2004-12-03 20:10:39
Trafficikers, Pimps and Madames should get the death sentence within the
week. news:41adf6a0$0$63175$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com... > " In Bombay alone, 90 new cases of HIV infection are reported every > hour, and the victims are getting younger: two decades ago, most women > in India's brothels were in their twenties or thirties. Today, the > average age is 14. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Tim" > > > Left: An aerial view of the rooftops and streets of Kamthipura, > Bombay, India Middle: Girls and women stand on the curb of a > litter-strewn street in Kamthipura Right: A small child stands in "the > cages" behind a heavy iron gate in an alley in Kamthipura. > > According to the United Nations, thousands of women and children > throughout the world disappear each day to be sold into sexual > slavery. Many of these are Nepalese girls who are abducted, often by > someone they trust, and sold into sexual servitude in Kamthipura, a > nightmarish red-light district in Bombay, India. Known as "the cages," > Kamthipura holds more than 200,000 young women and children in > captivity, and for the majority of those who are brought here, it is > also a death sentence. > > > A headshot of Gina smiling at the camera, wearing braids and a white > beaded necklace. > The first night they forced me to have sex. When I refused, they held > me down, beat me and raped me. I was seven years old. --Gina, > trafficking survivor and AIDS victim > > In Bombay alone, 90 new cases of HIV infection are reported every > hour, and the victims are getting younger: two decades ago, most women > in India's brothels were in their twenties or thirties. Today, the > average age is 14. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Tim > Robbins, THE DAY MY GOD DIED puts a human face on these abstract > numbers as it recounts the stories of several Nepalese girls who were > forced into the international child sex trade. > > THE DAY MY GOD DIED lifts the veil of secrecy on child sex trafficking > using footage from the brothels captured with spy camera technology. > The film tells the stories of Gina, sold into sexual slavery at age > seven, raped by 14 men and beaten with sticks and aluminum rods; > Anita, lured by a friend, then drugged and sold to a brothel at age > 12, where she was beaten and threatened with being buried alive; > Maili, trafficked at age 19 along with her infant daughter who was > seized and used as "insurance" to keep Maili from fleeing; and Jyoti, > sold at age 12, raped, choked and forced to drink alcohol to break > down her resistance. > > The child sex trade is a highly organized syndicate that rivals the > drug trade in profitability. The industry has formed a pipeline, which > starts in the villages of Nepal and feeds a continuous supply of girls > to the urban brothels. Recruiters capture them, smugglers transport > them, brothel owners enslave them, corrupt police betray them and men > rape and infect them. Every person in the chain profits except for the > girls, who pay the price with their lives: 80 percent become infected > with HIV. > > ...the girls are powerless to insist that men wear condoms, they > suffer an 80 percent HIV/AIDS rate > > > Gary Haugen of the International Justice Mission stands with two young > girls at the entrance to a blue building. > > Gary Haugen of the International Justice Mission and Jyoti, a > trafficking survivor, on a brothel rescue > > A group of rescued girls sit and talk in a circle at a shelter. > > Anuradha Koirala with the children at Maiti Nepal in Kathmandu > > Harleen Walia smiles and stands arm in arm with three girls at a > rescue and rehabilitation center, one of them playfully holds her > chin. > > Harleen Walia (center) at the Sanlaap shelter in Calcutta > > But as THE DAY MY GOD DIED also shows, there is a growing movement > from both within and outside of the brothels to put an end to this > insidious crime. The film introduces some of the heroes of the > movement to abolish child sex slavery, including Gary Haugen of the > International Justice Mission, Harleen Walia of Sanlaap and Anuradha > Koirala, the founder of Maiti Nepal. Each of these crusaders has > risked his or her life to save girls and dismantle the web that > enslaves them. The film documents one alliance with local officials, > showing footage of a raid that exposed a system of secret passageways > used to hide the girls. Seven girls were liberated in this raid, and > the two brothel owners that are now in jail awaiting trial may be > among the first abusers in Bombay to be sentenced for this crime. > > Some of the rescued girls are lucky enough to find shelter at Maiti > Nepal, a healing center where they learn skills and participate in > arts programs that rebuild their spirits. A hospice has been > established where AIDS-infected girls can die with dignity. These > non-profit centers are under-funded and dwarfed by the size of the > child sex trafficking trade. But this small group of heroes continues > to fight for one life at a time. Some of the most courageous advocates > are former sex slaves who risk their lives to save other girls. These > victims have emerged to form their own underground railway to move sex > slaves to freedom. > > This heart-wrenching documentary provides a glimpse into the > corruption and evil behind the curtain of the global sex industry, a > world seldom seen by outsiders. But it is also a reminder that of the > over one million women and girls who are sold, transported and forced > into sexual slavery each year, 50,000 are in the United States. THE > DAY MY GOD DIED exposes crimes that not only occur far away, but also > far closer to home than we may have imagined.
2004-12-04 06:36:47
Snoopy
> > > > > >> According to the United Nations, thousands of women and children > >> throughout the world disappear each day to be sold into sexual > >> slavery. Many of these are Nepalese girls who are abducted, often by > >> someone they trust, and sold into sexual servitude in Kamthipura, a > >> nightmarish red-light district in Bombay, India. Known as "the cages," > >> Kamthipura holds more than 200,000 young women and children in > >> captivity, and for the majority of those who are brought here, it is > >> also a death sentence. > > People like Pradip Parekh, Virendra Verma, Madhu Sudhan, Jay Maharaj > etc., are rather smug about this situation, as long as these sex slaves > die as Hindus. Have they said anything from which it may be inferred that it would make any difference to them if these women became Buddhists, Jains, Daoists or Shintoists. > Life as a non-Hindu, even if it means they will be > rescued from this life, is a fate worse than sexual slavery, according > to these deviant fanatics.
2004-12-06 09:15:49
M. Ranjit Mathews wrote:
> Snoopy >>>People like Pradip Parekh, Virendra Verma, Madhu Sudhan, Jay Maharaj >>>etc., are rather smug about this situation, as long as these sex >>>die as Hindus. >> Have they said anything from which it may be inferred that it would >> make any difference to them if these women became Buddhists, Jains, >> Daoists or Shintoists. > That's irrelevant. The point I am making is that these fellows would > rather see people suffer and die(and do nothing about it) than allow > them to choose a religion for themselves. As I've pointed out before, > the "charitable" activities that have sprung into action lately from > loins of the Hindutva brigade is reactionary, not proactive. Which is > why they operate only in areas of "high threat" of conversions. The > inference then, naturally, is that there is no real concern for these > unfortunates. Indian Communists and Christian figures / establishments are perceived as having a cozy* relationship, ostensibly because they have a common pro-poor mission, with the former hardly ever bearing the brunt of the latter's criticism. On the other hand, the evangelical Christian establishment backed death squads against South American Communists, including Christian clergymen of the "liberation theology" school of thought, ostensibly because they are against freedom. Thus, it is not an unnatural inference (regardless of whether it is a correct inference) that the evangelical Christian establishment gives not a whit for unfortunates and cares primarily for anti-pagan missions that are only incidentally pro-poor and care for ruthlessly exterminating** unfortunates in instances where overlords are Christian. The inference then, naturally, is that some of these fellows, even if not all of them, are more against such schizophrenic characters establishing a greater foothold in India than they are for unfortunates receiving the ministrations of these characters. Since most of these fellows haven't said anything about apostacy from Hinduism, there's no way to know that most of them would not let these unfortunate women choose something other than Christianity/ Communism/ Islam such as apolitical Buddhism, Daoism, Jainism or Shintoism or that they would object to these women gaining a greater affinity toward Zarathusti mores than Hindu ones as a consequence of being helped by Parsi social service agencies. * Communists Declare Holiday For Eucharistic Congress In South India http://www.hvk.org/articles/1100/23.html In Southern India, Orthodox Priest Has Communist Support in State Election http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/114/35.0.html ** http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&qŢath+squads+%22christian+right%22&btnG=Google+Search > I truly don't give a sh*t what religion they belong to, as long > as the fundamentals are taken care of, such as food, clean water, > education, decent housing and, particularly in the North, warm > when needed. My heart bleeds when I hear of people freezing to death, > when a simple set of thermal underwear, or a warm blanket, would > have saved their lives. Are Indian social service organizations never able to obtain funds from Hindus? If they are, it would seem that yours is not the only heart that bleeds. > This apathy even extends to the armed forces, where > for years the jawans shivered and died in the Himalayas, until the > televised Kargil battle forced the colonels to better clothe the > with "Swiss jackets and shoes, Italian gloves and Czech goggles". Atrocious! Why doesn't India make such winter clothing? If they were worn by the general public, they'd undoubtedly have been issued to jawans too.
2004-12-06 09:16:00
M. Ranjit Mathews wrote:
> Snoopy >>>People like Pradip Parekh, Virendra Verma, Madhu Sudhan, Jay Maharaj >>>etc., are rather smug about this situation, as long as these sex >>>die as Hindus. >> Have they said anything from which it may be inferred that it would >> make any difference to them if these women became Buddhists, Jains, >> Daoists or Shintoists. > That's irrelevant. The point I am making is that these fellows would > rather see people suffer and die(and do nothing about it) than allow > them to choose a religion for themselves. As I've pointed out before, > the "charitable" activities that have sprung into action lately from > loins of the Hindutva brigade is reactionary, not proactive. Which is > why they operate only in areas of "high threat" of conversions. The > inference then, naturally, is that there is no real concern for these > unfortunates. Indian Communists and Christian figures / establishments are perceived as having a cozy* relationship, ostensibly because they have a common pro-poor mission, with the former hardly ever bearing the brunt of the latter's criticism. On the other hand, the evangelical Christian establishment backed death squads against South American Communists, including Christian clergymen of the "liberation theology" school of thought, ostensibly because they are against freedom. Thus, it is not an unnatural inference (regardless of whether it is a correct inference) that the evangelical Christian establishment gives not a whit for unfortunates and cares primarily for anti-pagan missions that are only incidentally pro-poor and care for ruthlessly exterminating** unfortunates in instances where overlords are Christian. The inference then, naturally, is that some of these fellows, even if not all of them, are more against such schizophrenic characters establishing a greater foothold in India than they are for unfortunates receiving the ministrations of these characters. Since most of these fellows haven't said anything about apostacy from Hinduism, there's no way to know that most of them would not let these unfortunate women choose something other than Christianity/ Communism/ Islam such as apolitical Buddhism, Daoism, Jainism or Shintoism or that they would object to these women gaining a greater affinity toward Zarathusti mores than Hindu ones as a consequence of being helped by Parsi social service agencies. * Communists Declare Holiday For Eucharistic Congress In South India http://www.hvk.org/articles/1100/23.html In Southern India, Orthodox Priest Has Communist Support in State Election http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/114/35.0.html ** http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&qŢath+squads+%22christian+right%22&btnG=Google+Search > I truly don't give a sh*t what religion they belong to, as long > as the fundamentals are taken care of, such as food, clean water, > education, decent housing and, particularly in the North, warm > when needed. My heart bleeds when I hear of people freezing to death, > when a simple set of thermal underwear, or a warm blanket, would > have saved their lives. Are Indian social service organizations never able to obtain funds from Hindus? If they are, it would seem that yours is not the only heart that bleeds. > This apathy even extends to the armed forces, where > for years the jawans shivered and died in the Himalayas, until the > televised Kargil battle forced the colonels to better clothe the > with "Swiss jackets and shoes, Italian gloves and Czech goggles". Atrocious! Why doesn't India make such winter clothing? If they were worn by the general public, they'd undoubtedly have been issued to jawans too.
2004-12-06 10:04:00
M. Ranjit Mathews wrote:
> Snoopy >>>People like Pradip Parekh, Virendra Verma, Madhu Sudhan, Jay Maharaj >>>etc., are rather smug about this situation, as long as these sex >>>die as Hindus. >> Have they said anything from which it may be inferred that it would >> make any difference to them if these women became Buddhists, Jains, >> Daoists or Shintoists. > That's irrelevant. The point I am making is that these fellows would > rather see people suffer and die(and do nothing about it) than allow > them to choose a religion for themselves. As I've pointed out before, > the "charitable" activities that have sprung into action lately from > loins of the Hindutva brigade is reactionary, not proactive. Which is > why they operate only in areas of "high threat" of conversions. The > inference then, naturally, is that there is no real concern for these > unfortunates. Indian Communists and Christian figures / establishments are perceived as having a cozy* relationship, ostensibly because they have a common pro-poor mission, with the former hardly ever bearing the brunt of the latter's criticism. On the other hand, the evangelical Christian establishment backed death squads against South American Communists, including Christian clergymen of the "liberation theology" school of thought, ostensibly because they are against freedom. Thus, it is not an unnatural inference (regardless of whether it is a correct inference) that the evangelical Christian establishment gives not a whit for unfortunates and cares primarily for anti-pagan missions that are only incidentally pro-poor and care for ruthlessly exterminating** unfortunates in instances where overlords are Christian. The inference then, naturally, is that some of these fellows, even if not all of them, are more against such schizophrenic characters establishing a greater foothold in India than they are for unfortunates receiving the ministrations of these characters. Since most of these fellows haven't said anything about apostacy from Hinduism, there's no way to know that most of them would not let these unfortunate women choose something other than Christianity/ Communism/ Islam such as apolitical Buddhism, Daoism, Jainism or Shintoism or that they would object to these women gaining a greater affinity toward Zarathusti mores than Hindu ones as a consequence of being helped by Parsi social service agencies. * Communists Declare Holiday For Eucharistic Congress In South India http://www.hvk.org/articles/1100/23.html In Southern India, Orthodox Priest Has Communist Support in State Election http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/114/35.0.html ** http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&qŢath+squads+%22christian+right%22&btnG=Google+Search > I truly don't give a sh*t what religion they belong to, as long > as the fundamentals are taken care of, such as food, clean water, > education, decent housing and, particularly in the North, warm > when needed. My heart bleeds when I hear of people freezing to death, > when a simple set of thermal underwear, or a warm blanket, would > have saved their lives. Are Indian social service organizations never able to obtain funds from Hindus? If they are, it would seem that yours is not the only heart that bleeds. > This apathy even extends to the armed forces, where > for years the jawans shivered and died in the Himalayas, until the > televised Kargil battle forced the colonels to better clothe the > with "Swiss jackets and shoes, Italian gloves and Czech goggles". Atrocious! Why doesn't India make such winter clothing? If they were worn by the general public, they'd undoubtedly have been issued to jawans too.
2004-12-07 21:48:15
Snoopy wrote:
> ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com wrote: > Look at the traditional "great Indian cities" like Varanasi and > What do these cities really have to qualify them as "great"? Temples, > and more temples. And palaces. Occasionally, a library that houses > religious works. Compare them to the great cities of Europe. Along > churches and cathedrals, there are great public buildings and great > public works such as parks, broad public thoroughfares and waterways. Quite. There was some traveler who made a similar observation about Vijayanagar, telling his European readers how great it was in comparison to their cities. What would that tell us about the greatness of Vijayanagar relative to Madurai, Varanasi and the European cities the traveler alluded to? > The lack of empathy for the common man is a continuous thread running > through the history of India. What was Indians' motivation in donating land to Vinobha Bhave? If he had tried to peddle his bhUdAn idea in Mexico, how much land would he have been able to collect for distribution to Mexican peons? If not in Mexico, where in the world, other than in India, would he have been able to realize success? > P.S.: I frequently see you repost several times in response to my > Why is that? The new Google Groups BETA is acting up; it often says (sometimes falsely) that the message couldn't be posted. |
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